Category: Case studies
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Inside the factory: WEG’s new European manufacturing facility
On October 17, 2024, WEG celebrated an important milestone with the opening of its new Santo Tirso Industrial Park in Portugal. This state-of-the-art facility is a key element of WEG’s ongoing strategy to expand its presence across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, all while focusing on sustainable technologies. Let’s take a glimpse inside…
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WEG Motion Drives: Motors and drives transform construction machinery
SBM Mineral Processing (SBM), a member of the international MFL Group, which is headquartered in Oberweis, Austria, facilitates economical concrete production and processing. The company creates mobile concrete mixing plants and consistently relies on drive systems from WEG, the motors and drives specialist, to drive a variety of conveyor belts in its mobile mixing plants.…
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WEG motors revolutionise stainless steel production
Braun Maschinenfabrik supplied a complete abrasive cut-off machine for hot cutting of radially forged bars to a stainless-steel plant in Bolzano, Italy. Braun had to integrate a fully automated material handling system for their abrasive cut-off machine with limited transfer height, needing innovative conveyor system designs to ensure efficient cutting of forged pieces with varying…
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WEG retrofits port’s overhead crane drive system
In demanding industrial settings, cranes must endure heavy loads and harsh conditions while also striving for energy efficiency. These demands led Nedcranes, a specialist for port, overhead and gantry cranes based in the Netherlands, to partner with motion drives manufacturer, WEG to modernise the overhead crane system at Rail Port Brabant in Tilburg, Netherlands. WEG’s…
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More sustainable raw material processing
Research by Centrica has found that financial risk and energy security were among the biggest concerns of 500 surveyed businesses. This is understandable, as businesses face the paradox of optimising productivity while also meeting sustainability objectives. One such business is Binder+Co, a developer of screen systems, which turned to the motors and drives manufacturer, WEG…
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WEG supports world’s largest orange juice manufacturer
Citrosuco is the world’s largest orange juice company, with a production capacity that makes up more than 40 per cent of all the orange juice produced and exported by Brazil. The manufacturer was experiencing low operational efficiency in the cooling towers of its São Paulo plant. For a solution, Citrosuco partnered with motors and drives…
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Trimmed to perfection
Austria’s Springer Group specialises in machinery and conveying systems for the timber industry. Its offerings include the E-CUT 200, the first electrically operated beltless trimmer. The company turned to WEG, the motion drives specialist, to help it develop the machine’s beltless drive. The drive needed to be specific for the woodworking industry, to avoid high…
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WEG supports Belbazem breakthrough
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has pledged to increase its oil production capacity to five million barrels a day by 2030 to satisfy the soaring global demand for energy. The Belbazem block, a massive $744 million development of three offshore oilfields, will be central to ADNOC’s goals — but this large output cannot…
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WEG supplies slip ring motor for carbon capture plant in Norway
Global motor manufacturer, WEG has supplied a slip ring motor for a major carbon capture project at a cement plant in Norway. As the first large-scale carbon capture facility for cement production in the world, it is estimated that this innovative project will capture around 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from 2024 — half…
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Luxury living with the utmost safety
The ambitious Dubai Hills Estate project, situated in the heart of Dubai, has set new benchmarks in architectural excellence and safety standards. During the estate’s development, fire safety was a critical consideration. Motor and drives specialist, WEG was called upon to supply its W22 Smoke Extraction motors, developed to ensure air circulation in closed environments,…
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Mitigating electrical current rise and increasing refrigeration equipment reliability
According to a study by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), equipment downtime costs the food and beverage industry an estimated €30,000 to €50,000 per hour. If critical equipment such as refrigerators were to fail, the losses could be devastating. Even a short period of downtime could render a whole batch of product unusable — leading to…
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WEG manufactures motor to power olive oil production
Owing to recent droughts in the Iberian Peninsula, the production of olive oil has been reduced and the leadership of Spain is under threat. Now more than ever the oil mills have to take care of the product to preserve the properties of the valuable liquid gold. In these uncertain times, JAR Idelfonso Rosa Ramírez…
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Securing London’s water supply
Ashford Common water treatment works located in Surrey, Southeast England is one of the biggest water treatment works in Europe. With a maximum output of approximately 680 megalitres a day, Ashford delivers around one third of London’s water supply, with the remaining supply being delivered by 20 or so smaller works. Here’s how motor and…
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WEG supplies W60 motor to the El Pórtico plant in Cúcuta
Motors for use in aqueduct infrastructure need to be able to withstand challenging conditions. The W60 motor, engineered by global motor manufacturer, WEG, is designed with this in mind. In a project set to benefit approximately 800,000 inhabitants by improving the water supply, WEG participated as a solution provider in the aqueduct infrastructure expansion project…
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Sustainability on the open seas: WGM20 motor energises new fleet of electrically powered dredgers
When Royal IHC, a leading Dutch supplier of vessels, equipment and services for the maritime industry, sought to decarbonise its range of Beaver® cutter suction dredger (CSD) ships, it turned to motors and drives manufacturer, WEG. Royal IHC’s step towards a more sustainable future was to develop an all-new fleet of electrically powered Beaver CSD…
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Improving the efficiency of the Netherlands’ wastewater treatment network
A fifth of the total surface area of the Netherlands consists of water. Unsurprisingly, there are around 116,000 km of water pipes connecting the country’s vast water network. Here’s how global electric motor manufacturer, WEG worked with industrial pump specialist, Pentair, to upgrade and expand the pumps at water board Brabantse Delta’s sewage water pumping stations…
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WEG supplies W22 motors to mining desalination plant
Motors for use in desalination plants are required to operate in severe climates 24/7. They are highly durable, with a special coating to protect against seawater corrosion and high efficiency to minimise energy consumption. As part of global motor manufacturer WEG’s work in the mining water segment, the company has supplied its motors to an…
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WEG achieves 33 per cent reduction of losses with digital maintenance tools
~ Industry 4.0 for asset management ~ Fuelled by fierce demand for faster and more efficient production, growth in Industry 4.0 spend is predicted to reach $300 billion USD by 2023. This data comes from IoT Analytic’s Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing report, which states predictive maintenance technologies are among the top Industry 4.0 use…
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